Services

Whether you need a full restructuring of the procurement structure in your company, or a simple product addition to your portfolio, it all starts with a thorough analysis of the current state of things for us. This allows us to understand your needs and goals, your history with suppliers and future preferences and prepare the best tailored proposal for you.

Our main services are:

• Procurement Flow Analysis,
• Test cost structure analysis,
• Existing contract conditions analysis benchmarked with future growth trend.
• Business Case Building and Assessment for instrument upgrades.
• Sample flow and optimal reagent use analysis
• Layout analysis for optimal analyzer use
• Personnel flow and shifts analysis
• Process efficiency analysis in laboratories
• Laboratory M&A Analysis

Our services range from contract negotiation on specific test panels to organization of bids between multiple suppliers for the entire portfolio of tests you currently offer. If requested, we can also design and negotiate proposals that include instrument renewal and automation configurations.

Our consultants have helped multiple customers restructure and improve their procurement and operations organizations, assisting or leading them throughout the transformation process.

Our services include:

• Internal purchasing processes redesign
• Test rerouting for optimal reagent use (regrouping of tests to optimize reagent costs, eliminating double testing, or improve TAT)
• Laboratory operations proposal: sample flow, layout redesign, automation configurations, personnel and resources proposal
• Procurement and operational organizational restructuring

With a track record of launching and expanding businesses reaching more than 30% year on year growth and over 100 M € cumulative revenues, our consultants are aptly equipped to handle any request that comes our way.

Our services in this category focus on:

• Greenfield Projects: analysis and understanding of the market, preparation of the business cases and P&Ls, project planning and project implementation management.
• Interim General Management of laboratory chains post M&A: ensuring smooth transition and integration with current business activities.
• Development of test portfolio: analysis of current portfolio and portfolio expansion proposals, based on market demands and trends;
• Test panel development and optimization: generate new revenues and savings through the redesign of your test panels.

Our consultants can work with you to offer strategic advice in the following areas:

• Strategic Procurement Planning
• Laboratory M&A Analysis
• Market Expansion Analysis and Strategy recommendations

Our Project Management team is focused on delivering excellence and has the following capabilities:

• Laboratory Automation Implementations
• Implementation of LEAN, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement methodologies
• Laboratory construction planning and implementing
• General Project Management for any of the services rendered

Through the extensive experience accumulated as General Manager and as Executive Member of various leadership teams in the past 10 years, our CEO – Mr. Driessen offers a unique combination of operative and business development knowledge that can be a great asset for your company in a non-executive Board position.

Speaking at conferences, organizing seminars on procurement or operational efficiency. Through our partnerships and ongoing projects, we get hands on knowledge on latest technological advancements, we stay up to date on product development, and we continue to deepen our understanding of market trends. Our specialists are ready to share this knowledge with your designated audience through participation at medical conferences or webinars, as well as through seminars and strategic workshops organized at your location with selected stakeholders.

Depending on the nature of the services rendered, the fee structure can vary from a success fee for pure Procurement projects, to a daily consulting fee, for Business Development projects, or speaking engagements, or to a mix of the two, if the Procurement consulting is required to extend to Workflow or Laboratory Redesign services.

The success fee is calculated based on savings produced by the negotiated contracts and will only be invoiced after the new conditions are in place and savings start to materialize. Our standard fee structure takes into consideration 5 year cooperation contracts (3-5 years if no new equipment needs to be purchased or rented), during which D-LAC will take a 25% commission on savings.

All analysis of the Procurement workflow and consulting is offered to the Customer free of charge, any subsequent analysis or consulting and project management services requested by the Customer will be priced in the consulting fee agreed with the Customer.